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National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2018 is work in progress, to be announced by mid-year – Mustapa
In Cars, Local News / By Danny Tan / 18 January 2018 5:53 pm / 21 comments
The National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2018 is work in progress and will be announced by the middle of the year, minister of international trade and industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamad said. He was briefing the media and stakeholders at the Updates on the Automotive Industry 2017 and Outlook in 2018 event held in Kuala Lumpur today.
The current NAP was announced in 2014, and the main focus then was on Energy Efficient Vehicles (EEVs). That push has been successful – according to data released by MITI today, EEV penetration increased for the fourth straight year in 2017, reaching 52% of vehicles sold in the country. That's 2% higher than the target set and a jump of nearly 10% from 2016. Adoption rate is expected to touch 60% (350,000 units) in 2018.
The regulators, MITI and the Malaysian Automotive Institute (MAI), are currently having consultations with auto industry stakeholders and are not yet ready to share details of NAP 2018. However, presentation slides reveal the main pillars of the future roadmap – connectivity, mobility, next-generation vehicles, big data and lifestyle. All very current and very broad terms, so we'll have to wait for the full reveal.
Also spotted among the wealth of figures presented today are expected 2018-2022 (likely the NAP 2018 period) committed localisation value of RM15 billion and committed investments of RM3.99 billion. From 2014-2017, the committed localisation value was much greater at RM43.67 billion, which hints at most of the localisation work being already done. Our mature auto market attracted RM7.6 billion of realised investments from 2014 to 2017.
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Automotive council to be set up within two months
In Cars, Local News / By Jonathan James Tan / 2 February 2015 5:01 pm / 46 comments
Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed revealed at the National Automotive Policy (NAP 2014) status update that an automotive council is set to be established within two months, Bernama reports.
To be chaired by the minister himself, the council will serve as an avenue for policy makers to interact with industry players, and will comprise government and business community representatives, as well as non-government organisations representing consumers.
"The council will provide a platform for policy makers to interact so that we can have inputs from the industry and have clear directions as to which way the automotive industry will move," the national news agency quoted Mustapa as saying, with the first meeting expected to be held at the end of March.
Other topics from the NAP 2014 status update:
NAP 2014 update – TIV up 1.6%, imports, exports fall
New car prices dropped 7% on average last year, 20% reduction on average by end-2017 targeted – MITI
Euro 5 diesel to begin selling in Klang Valley this year
No plans to extend CKD hybrid tax exemptions as yet
Public not ready for Vehicle End of Life policy – Tok Pa
In Cars, Local News / By Jonathan James Tan / 30 January 2015 6:53 pm / 60 comments
Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed provided members of the media earlier today with an overview of the past year following the National Automotive Policy's (NAP 2014) January 2014 implementation.
He reiterated that the policy's key objective is to make Malaysia the ASEAN Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV) hub by 2020, with opportunities including research and development for right-hand drive vehicles and related tech, such as fuel efficiency, lightweight material, telematics, tooling and component design.
Malaysia's 2014 Total Industry Volume (TIV) grew 1.6% to 666,465 units, compared to 2013's 655,793. Approved investments in the auto manufacturing sector totalled RM11.5 billion, while those in the after-sales and services sectors reached RM2.6 billion.
As of end-2014, RM4.9 billion of these investments was realised, boosting production capacity by 70,000 units a year. These investments began in 2013 and will be completed by 2018 to yield an increase in the existing production capacity from 600,000 to 923,000 units.
Eight carmakers are involved in these investments – of these, only Perodua, Honda, Go Auto (Great Wall Motors) and Mazda were mentioned, and they all happen to be EEV carmakers.
Where the auto sector is concerned, Malaysia exported almost RM4.9 billion worth between January and November last year (cars, RM550.6 million) – a RM306.7 million drop from 2013. Conversely, we imported just over RM17 billion in the same period (cars, RM8.8 billion) – that's RM878.5 million less than we did in 2013.
Reasons cited for the fall in both imports and exports include a "challenging market," increasing ASEAN competition and our comparatively small market.
The trade balance therefore stands at RM12.1 billion in favour of imports for the first 11 months of 2014. This is our narrowest import/export gap in the 2010-2014 period. Mustapa said the final figures, taking December into consideration, will be revealed in due course.
Asked if a decision has been reached on whether to retain or abolish the Approved Permit (AP) system, the minister revealed that a study on the issue is "almost finalised," and that he is due to be briefed sometime next week before he presents it to the government.
Elsewhere, the Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) trained a total of 8,075 people in 2014, with almost all of them securing jobs in the auto sector at wages around 25% higher than the industry average. A total of 21,072 new jobs were created in 2014, comprising mostly technicians, skilled and semi-skilled workers and engineers.
Additionally, MAI's implementation of the Lean Production System and Automotive Supplier Excellence Programme was said to have improved productivity by 21.5%, saving RM601.3 million amongst 277 vendors.
As of end-2014, 21 technology projects were initiated, with a total value of about RM39.9 million. Four of these projects have been commercialised by December 2014.
In Cars, Diesel Cars in Malaysia, Local News / By Anthony Lim / 30 January 2015 3:25 pm / 28 comments
Today's National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2014 status update also briefly touched on the subject of Euro 4 and Euro 5 fuels, with Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed reiterating the introduction timelines that were first announced in November last year.
As mentioned, Euro 4 RON 97 petrol will arrive first in September 2015, followed by Euro 4 RON 95 petrol in October 2018. Diesel will get to Euro 5 standard in September 2020, and Euro 5 grade RON 95 and RON 97 petrol is scheduled to be introduced in September 2025.
It was also announced that this year will see the rollout of fully-imported Euro 5 diesel to other states, especially in the Klang Valley, following the fuel's introduction in Johor last year, though no specific timeframe was given for deployment.
It's likely the fuel will be made available via BHPetrol, which introduced its Infiniti Euro 5 Diesel last November – the fuel is currently available at 12 of its stations in Johor. Euro 5 diesel has a sulphur content of just 10 parts per million (ppm), compared to 500 ppm for current Euro 2M diesel.
Following the introduction of Euro 5 in Johor, MITI said that oil companies were more than welcome to begin selling such fuels earlier than the gazetted dates.
In Cars, Hybrids, EVs and Alternative Fuel, Local News / By Jonathan Lee / 30 January 2015 2:15 pm / 34 comments
At today's National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2014 status update, Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed told the press that, as yet, there are no plans for the current import and excise duty exemptions for locally-assembled hybrid vehicles to be extended beyond December 2015.
Incentives for CBU hybrids (with a engine capacity limit of 2.0 litres) and EVs were terminated with the introduction of NAP 2014 early last year, but those for CKD vehicles (this time without an engine size cap) continued to be doled out, with an end date set for the end of this year.
This presents quite the conundrum – the previous-gen Honda Jazz Hybrid, Mercedes-Benz S 400 L Hybrid and E 300 BlueTEC Hybrid and Nissan Serena S-Hybrid are already being assembled here, while the Toyota Camry Hybrid and Honda City Hybrid and new Jazz Hybrid are expected to come in sometime later this year.
As such, the industry players who are already involved in this scheme will no doubt be looking for a meaningful return of their investment in the country. And while there is still time for an extension to be announced, such late notice would not give manufacturers enough room to plan out their product introductions, usually occurring about a year in advance.
One way we could see this pan out would be that the benefits for those who are already assembling hybrid vehicles in Malaysia would be grandfathered – meaning that the prices of those cars will remain the same even beyond 2015 – while the door would be closed for any new entries.
Another alternative would be that the incentives would remain open on a case-by-case basis, for example through the country's Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV) policy. Either way, the insecurity this development brings isn't likely to sit well with the car manufacturers.
Public not ready for Vehicle End of Life policy – TokPa
The long-talked about Vehicle End of Life policy, first brought up at the end of 2009 and which resurfaced in another (proposed) form as the Cash for Clunkers scrappage scheme earlier this month, is apparently far from becoming a reality.
In response to a question, Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said at the just-concluded National Automotive Policy (NAP 2014) status update that "the public is not ready" for such a scheme or policy, although he did not elaborate.
The Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) said recently at its 2014/15 review and insight on the local automotive landscape that a Cash for Clunkers scheme could increase the Total Industry Volume (TIV) to 750,000 units, although it has been quick to add that the government has not yet approved such a scheme.
In 2007, Proton introduced its own Proton Xchange Programme before discontinuing the scrappage scheme at the end of 2009. The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has also lobbied for such a programme to be implemented with annual sales of cars increasing, leading to more severe traffic congestions.
MITI to provide details on energy efficient vehicle firms
In Cars, Local News / By Jonathan James Tan / 26 November 2014 12:01 pm / 25 comments
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is set to provide details of an upcoming review of the 2014 National Automotive Policy, along with information on a number of companies who have established facilities for energy efficient vehicles (EEV) in Malaysia, come January next year, The Star reports.
"Next mid-January, I am going to have a stock take on the NAP. The NAP is one year old and there has been some progress and we will share more details of what has been happening in the next briefing," the English-language daily quoted MITI minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed as saying. He was signing five memoranda of understanding (MoU) with corporations for the vendor development programme.
Mustapa also voiced his concerns regarding the drop in performance where the export of locally-made vehicles is concerned. Talking to The Star, he commented that the local auto and parts manufacturers "have not done well at all" compared to firms that have pursued business cases abroad.
Citing export numbers as an indicator for the industry's performance, Mustapa noted that Malaysian auto makers and its affiliates face stiff competition from more established international players, along with China. "One day we have to face competition coming from China. China will be an important player in the next few years," he added.
Carmakers that have either established EEV facilities in Malaysia, have been given an EEV manufacturing licence or produce vehicles that have been granted EEV status so far include Perodua (for the Axia), Great Wall (for the M4 and H6) and Mazda (for SkyActiv cars).
The W222 Mercedes-Benz S 400 L Hybrid's case is unrelated to the EEV programme. Being a locally-assembled (CKD) hybrid, that gets full duty exemptions. NAP 2014 stipulates that as long as a hybrid is produced in Malaysia (like the Honda Jazz Hybrid and Nissan Serena S-Hybrid), it is eligible for full import and excise duty exemption until the end of 2015 – regardless of the size of its internal combustion engine (or its fuel efficiency!).
Under NAP 2014's EEV programme, "customised incentives" – including lower taxes, grants and others – are given to carmakers who are interested to participate. In its simplest form, the EEV is defined as a vehicle that meets a set fuel consumption figure for its kerb weight, regardless of its method of propulsion or engine displacement (see table here).
If a carmaker builds its EEV(s) locally and wishes to take advantage of the incentives, it has to apply for EEV certification from the government, much like Thailand's Eco Car programme.
However, unlike our northern neighbours' scheme, we have no minimum investment or minimum annual production pre-requisites – but we also don't know exactly how much carmakers get here in terms of incentives. Perhaps MITI will reveal more in January.
MAA hopes excise duty exemptions for CKD hybrid, electric cars will be extended in Budget 2015 – report
In Cars, Hybrids, EVs and Alternative Fuel, Local News / By Jonathan James Tan / 8 October 2014 5:06 pm / 23 comments
Above: Proton Iriz EV prototype in South Korea
Budget 2015 will be tabled in Parliament this Friday, and ahead of that, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) hopes the government will extend the excise duty exemptions given to locally-assembled (CKD) hybrid and electric vehicles, reports The Star.
The latest iteration of the National Automotive Policy (NAP 2014) officially brought an end to duty exemptions for all electric vehicles (EV) and hybrids with engines displacing under 2.0 litres.
The tax breaks are now reserved instead for those that are assembled in Malaysia (this time with no engine size limitations), with those for hybrids set to expire on December 31, 2015 and those for EVs set to end on December 31, 2017. Only two cars currently qualify for these tax breaks – the Honda Jazz Hybrid and Mercedes-Benz S 400 L Hybrid.
Above: Honda Jazz Hybrid – the first hybrid vehicle to be assembled in Malaysia
"What the MAA is requesting is for the time period (for the tax exemption) to be longer so that it can be more viable," MAA president Datuk Aishah Ahmad told StarBiz, adding that she hoped there would be incentives to encourage electric vehicle- (EV) related infrastructure, like the setting up of more charging stations and reductions in battery costs.
MAA statistics say 51,125 vehicles found Malaysian homes in August 2014 – a mild leap from 51,106 in the same month last year – while 444,534 units were sold year-to-date in August 2014, representing a 2.7% jump over last year's 433,025, The Star reports. A few months back, MAA raised its 2014 total industry volume (TIV) forecast to 680,000 units – 10,000 more than before.
So what can we expect from Budget 2015? Last week, Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) CEO Madani Sahari said that Budget 2015's auto-related matters are likely to be aligned with NAP 2014's aspirations. Budget 2015 is also expected to yield a list of zero-rated or tax-exempted items with respect to the upcoming Goods and Services Tax (GST) – will our petrol and diesel be GST-ed?
Budget 2015 likely to align itself with NAP – Madani
In Cars, Hybrids, EVs and Alternative Fuel, Local News / By Jonathan James Tan / 1 October 2014 11:37 am / 30 comments
Budget 2015's auto-related matters are likely to be aligned with the aspirations of the National Automotive Policy (NAP 2014), Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) CEO Mohamad Madani Sahari has said, according to a Bernama report.
"The automotive segment in the forthcoming Budget 2015 should align itself with the NAP," Madani told the national news agency. "The fundamentals of implementation could be touched on in the budget and cover factors such as infrastructure, skilled workers, supply chains and the development of technologies."
To be tabled in Parliament on October 10, Budget 2015 is also expected to yield a list of zero-rated or tax-exempted items with respect to the upcoming Goods and Services Tax (GST) – will our petrol and diesel be GST-ed?
Bernama reports that NAP 2014, which concentrates on green initiatives, developing technologies and human capital, expanding the market and strengthening the industry ecosystem, has seen Proton and Perodua lead in the industry's response. The launches of the Iriz and Axia are cited as examples.
Non-national carmakers, however, have asked for an extension of incentives for electric and hybrid vehicles. "Electric vehicles also need an incentive in the form of an extended duty exemption or on tax," BMW Malaysia MD Alan Harris told Bernama.
"There was an incentive in the previous budget prior to the NAP 2014 which outlined that only locally-assembled vehicles would get incentivised. But electric vehicles are still new, not like the EEV (Energy Efficient Vehicle). Electric cars need a good take up and in the meantime, still need to be imported," he added.
Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia sales and marketing VP Kai Schlickum said the government took a step in the right direction with the NAP-incentivised locally-assembled hybrid.
"It does benefit us, especially our S-Class Hybrid. With the S 400 L model qualifying and receiving full duty exemption, we are proud to be able to contribute in helping Malaysia fulfill its ambition of becoming a regional EEV hub.
"However, since the (CKD) hybrid incentive will expire in 2015, we wish it to be extended," he told Bernama.
Locally-made lithium-ion batteries by 2015 – report
In Cars, Hybrids, EVs and Alternative Fuel, Local News, Public Transport / By Gregory Sze / 4 September 2014 9:43 am / 31 comments
According to a report by The Star, Malaysia is en route to produce its first prototype lithium-ion batteries for electric buses, cars and energy storage by the first quarter of 2015.
The project, which will be a collaborative effort between the Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI), transport logistics firm ARCA Corp, Australia's AutoCRC and Swinburne University of Technology, aims to develop the most energy-dense battery for the market, according to MAI chief executive officer Madani Sahari.
Madani said the first experimental batch of batteries will be employed on an electric bus prototype, developed by ARCA Corp. The first planned deployment of the E-Bus will be in Putrajaya and Langkawi, due to their relatively simple routing and range requirements. A sum of RM200 million is said to be invested by ARCA Corp over a period of four years, with commercialisation of the E-Bus expected to commence in 2016.
Following trial runs, the next step would be to "upscale" the production of the lithium-ion batteries, according to Madani. "Once we have successfully tested the prototype battery, we want to then produce them locally on a wider scale."
He also said plans were already in motion to set up a plant to produce the batteries. The only decision left to make is between establishing a new plant or expand on an existing one. Said plant is part of the National Automotive Policy, announced in January 2014, which aims to turn Malaysia into a regional energy-efficient vehicle hub.
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By 2021, there were 20,000 warehouses in the United States and growing, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). With more warehouses expected to pop up in 2022 and beyond, one important consideration for businesses of all sizes is to keep track of their inventories. With different tracking and valuation methods, it's important to understand how they work and what they can tell business owners.
Before inventory can be valued, it's imperative to understand how it can be expressed mathematically:
Ending Inventory = Starting Inventory + Net Acquisitions – Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
Now that inventory is better defined, understanding different approaches to inventory valuation are essential to keeping track. The first type of inventory valuation is referred to as FIFO or First In, First Out. This means that businesses sell their earliest produced inventory first and new inventory last.
Assume a company produces 500 widgets on day 1, costing $2 per widget. The same company then produces 500 widgets on day 2, costing $2.50 per widget. This method says that if 500 widgets are sold over the next week, the cost of goods sold (COGS), derived from the Income Statement, is $2 per widget because that's how much the first 500 widgets cost to produce for inventory. The remaining widgets, 500 widgets at a cost of $2.50 per unit, would be accounted for under the ending inventory on the balance sheet.
One consideration, especially in an inflationary environment, for remaining inventory on the balance sheet is that a business might see a higher tax obligation. This is likely to occur because of higher net income due to a lower cost basis from the older inventory when assessing the COGS. Newer, more expensive inventory will naturally lead to a lower tax basis, especially if inflation falls and the retail cost is mitigated by decreased demand.
The next option is referred to as LIFO – or Last In, First Out. This means that businesses sell what they've produced first, then move on to the older inventory. If any inventory is left at the end of the accounting time frame, it's accounted for accordingly. Assuming the same 500 widgets were sold in the particular accounting period, the time frame's COGS would be $2.50 per widget, with the 500 widgets left over in inventory valued at the $2 per widget cost.
One important caveat to this type of valuation concerns inventory that's perishable or becomes obsolete quickly (cell phones, televisions, etc.). It is not an effective method because the product will either spoil or become worth next to nothing due to highly competitive industries. For this approach, using the most recently produced goods first would lend their COGS basis to be higher. In one respect, the higher COGS basis can lower profits, but can also offset taxes due to the same effect. The third type of inventory valuation is referred to as Average Cost. This method is a way to blend LIFO and FIFO, which takes the average of inventory across all production and storage timelines. This approach averages costs in proportion to the number of widgets produced in each run, then calculates the mean cost to determine the ending inventory and COGS figures.
[(500 x $2) + (500 x $2.50)]/1,000 = ($1,000 + $1,250)/1,000 = $2,250/1,000 = $2.25
Therefore, the average cost for inventory using this method would be $2.25 per widget.
With different types of inventory valuation explained, there are considerations that businesses should be mindful of for each approach. This can make a difference to those running the company and potential investors and lenders contemplating investing in or loaning the company money.
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The Good Prison: Conscience, Crime and Punishment sets an agenda for radical change in the philosophy and practice of penal justice and prison management. Drawing on many examples from his research of innovative activities in prisons, including those of the Koestler Trust, Gerard Lemos argues that conscience formed by family relationships and reinforced through community life is crucial.
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It's that time of the year again, as Christmas frenzy gives way to a huge clean up and promise of a "fresh start" for a new year. Already I've read various headlines and stories in the media and overheard conversations about resolutions, and I can't help but cringe. I used to be one for making and breaking resolutions too, and I loved the idea of a challenge and fresh start, the idea of dreaming about the kind of person I could become and the life I could lead in the upcoming 12 months. As I've got older, I've realised that it's all a bit of a con. Sales rocket on all things diet and exercise, on home furnishing, on make-up and clothing and gym memberships. People get hyped up and make all sorts of promises to themselves and others about how things will be different. Then people quickly get worn down, frazzled, disillusioned and disappointed.
I also don't like how many typical resolutions (lose weight, get fit, do 1,000 marathons, work out constantly, cut out carbs/whichever food group has lost favour, etc) are used as a means of making people feel superior. If you want to do those things, great. Not everyone else needs to know this, especially when that other person is unwell and you've made them feel more useless by asking "why not?" when they say they won't be hiking the Himalayas anytime soon.
Resolutions, when you boil it down, suggest that you are not good enough, that you're life is not enough, that you need to be striving for something elusive, that where you are and who you are isn't quite perfect enough.
For years, all throughout my teens at least, I had very similar resolutions each year, mostly centring around weight and food. Looking back, it was all so pointless, so painful, and for what? Never once did I think to resolve to like myself a little more, to be happier with who I was without feeling the need to change. When my health started going downhill, my resolutions became instead about trying to hold on to the things that were slipping away from me and to gain some sense of control, though I never could, partly because they were usually things out of my control. Ringing in the New Year was always gut wrenching, making me think back to regrets and feeling lonely and lost.
How has your 2016 looked?
They say not to live in the past, but I do think it's important from time to time to look at what has happened and take stock. Get some perspective on your life, see the possible good to come from what's happened, what lessons can be learned, and what things you are grateful for.
I'm not saying you shouldn't set to change anything, but complacency and satisfaction are two very different things. If you can accept, appreciate and enjoy where you are and who you are right now, you will be better placed to figure out what it is you want. Every day we are bombarded with ideals and told what we should want and what we should strive for. Are the revolutions that are commonly set really the things you want, or the things you think you should want? What really matters to you personally?
On the whole, resolutions are quite non-specific and generalised, such as "be happy" or "get fit". They are elusive and quite unrealistic, and they all scream that you're not good enough, that you don't like yourself, that you don't measure up. How can positive change and happiness come from being so harsh on yourself, practically setting yourself up for failure through focusing on such prescribed ideals?
If there are things you want to change because of your health, such as your weight or smoking because of medical advice, then this is a different matter. Rather than being generalised resolutions, they can be seen as goals as treated as such; set small, manageable steps with specific actions that you can work towards.
For 2017, I'm changing this up a little. I'm not making resolutions. I'm making hopes and dreams and looking at small things I would like to do differently this year. I want to work on how I see myself and my life, and get a different perspective on my situation.
As the New Year approaches, it can be so easy to think about the negatives, the regrets, the feeling of loneliness or hopelessness. You're not alone in feeling like this, which is perhaps why January is one of the most depressing times of the year. Don't buy in to the Resolution trap and the media that pump you full of self-doubt. You are beautiful, you are strong and you are OK just as you are. If there are things you want to do in 2017, things you want to change, that's okay. But perhaps the first thing to change should be how you see yourself and your life. Be a little happier with who you are without the need to change and improve all of the time, without constantly living in a "what if" and "if only things were different" kind of future.
Such great advice. What was it I heard somebody say today..a fellow anxiety blogger..he said "I prefer to just call them goals." And that is so simple, yet so true I think. Goals are something you aspire to..something you want. Resolutions are something that it almost feels like you HAVE to do. Anyway, great post and very nice blog you have here.


SEATTLE � A Seattle TV station has identified the two people killed in a news helicopter crash near the Space Needle.
The fiery wreck happened Tuesday morning as the KOMO-TV helicopter took off from the station. The chopper went down on Broad Street and hit three vehicles, starting them on fire and spewing burning fuel down the street.
The fire department says a 38-year-old man in one of the vehicles was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.
Hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg says the man suffered burns on up to 20 percent of his body and likely will require surgery.
KOMO said on the air that the pilot of the helicopter was Gary Pfitzner. The other man killed was Bill Strothman, a former longtime KOMO photographer who was working for the helicopter leasing company.


The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ) congratulates the Coalition on the opportunity given to it by Australian voters to govern for a second term. Read more.
Throughout this Federal Election, we have witnessed a relentless misinformation campaign about the role business plays in Australia's economic success story. Read more.
Recent comments in the media by Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton have brought to the fore the issue of refugee contribution to Australia's economy. Read more.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ)) has welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that we will go to the polls on July 2, unless the Australian Building and Construction Commission Bill is passed by the Senate. Read more.
A double whammy of an economic downturn in China and State Government inactivity on the home-front threatens to derail Queensland small business confidence in 2016. Read more.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland congratulates incoming Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the Coalition on its resounding win in the Federal Election. Read more.
As the State's peak business organisation, CCIQ (Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland) has provided a detailed submission to the 2013-14 Federal Budget focusing exclusively on the case for Commonwealth funding of a Toowoomba Second Range Crossing and the urgent upgrade of the Bruce Highway. Read more.
CCIQ believes Queensland businesses will be pleased to hear that a federal election date has finally been set, ending on-going speculation. Read more.


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Q: how i can remove lagging in my unity android game? I am adroid proggrammer,because of many object in scene my game has lagging
i have theory for remove lagging in my game.
if i can control rendering in unity i can remove lagging.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour {
        void Update(){
    void Start(){
        GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = false;
    }
            object2 = GameObject.Find("TR");
            var distance = Vector3.Distance(gameObject.transform.position, object2.transform.position);
            print (distance);
            if(distance <= 80){
            GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = true;
        }
    }
}

Don't work.how can i have boolean render that when have collision will render
else remove.
i want have zone that all object in my zone rendered and allthing outside do not render.
    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collision)
    {
        if(collision.gameObject.tag == "zone")
        {
            GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = true;
        }
else{
               GetComponent<Renderer>().enabled = false;
}

don't work
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A: This is either implemented in Unity or implementing it is a bad idea because raycasts are expensive and you need a lot of them. Try finding other problems which cause lagging in your game, disable feature by feature and write how many frames you have, this will get you best overview of what's the problem. Look online which methods are expensive (Instantiating, Destroy, try merging all models you have, smaller amount of shaders, fast shaders, less textures to load, FindGameObjectByName (or tag...)).

A: Here you will find a great document about optimization. It's preapared for mobile devices but i hope you will find what you need: Unity Optimization Guide for x86 Android

A: I would recommend having your blue blobs in an object pool, and the ones leaving your screen getting disabled.
You know your position and you know the position of the objects in the pool, you can math your distance in one direction, for instance behind you and disable after x amount.
Raycasting or collisions are abundant.
On your terrain generation scripts, check for disabled pool objects and if one exist, it should be put ahead in the level and repositioned or w/e logic you have there.
Don't instantiate and destroy unless you really need it, do it on level-load instead of on the fly.
(It's expensive.)
There's some really good tutorials on the unity page, have a look there.
They cover things like endless-runners.

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Why Do We Go to Bad Places and Who's There Waiting for Us?
By Arianna Belluardo According to the Guardian: "cases of anxiety and depression around the world increased dramatically in 2020, researchers have found, with an estimated 76m extra cases of anxiety and 53m extra cases of major depressive disorder than would have been expected had Covid not struck." The quote aboveContinue Reading
Martinique and Guadeloupe: COVID and social unrest
By Margaux Marzuoli Politicians' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have been a source of contention around the world and have given people new reasons to criticize those in power. The role of the Covid-19 pandemic in current social unrest is particularly relevant in the context of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Indeed,Continue Reading
Two pandemics at once: Domestic violence during COVID-19
By Luma Andrade Trigger warning: This article contains discussions of domestic violence, which some may find distressing. Therefore, please respect your boundaries and do not proceed with this article if it might negatively affect you. Some people are lucky enough to be able to call their houses their homes, butContinue Reading
Is there a vaccine that can educate?
By Mara Ciu If you were still in school when the COVID-19 pandemic first turned everyone's lives around, then you might be very familiar with the concept of "online teaching and learning". But something extremely obvious underlies that- if you are reading this on a PC/laptop/mobile phone that you haveContinue Reading
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Fox Over Promotes 'Joe Millionaire'
Just this past Monday night, I tuned into 'Joe Millionaire' for the first time. Not having bothered with the slow and boring initial episodes and after hearing promos that a lot would be revealed in this episode, I figured I could play catch up.
I was dead wrong. Nothing new happened. It was just a big tease-fest. In effect, an hour long promo for the final episode coming Monday.
Because of what Fox did, there are all sorts of complaints and calls for boycotts swirling around message boards and chat rooms.
"We got duped. We totally got duped," viewer Cynthia Wiggin of San Carlos said Wednesday. "Total filler. A whole filler night."
"I really don't know if I am going to watch the last show or not," one person wrote. "At this point I am soooo mad I don't care who wins. Anyone else feel this way?"
"No, I will not watch the finale," read a subsequent posting. "Fox has lied to us, and I feel that they should be punished for that. ... Bad move, guys. It will be a while before I put my trust back into Fox."
I have to say i agree with these people but no way will it make a dent in the final ratings. The tease will still work. If you've followed it this long, you won't be able to NOT watch. Such is the reality of reality television. I hate it but I am going to watch it. One episode and I was sucked in. I'm ashamed to admit it.
by Steve Hall Feb-13-03
Branding the Teenage Mind
"If no [one complained], we'd be selling sexy underwear to 8-year-olds and using nude kids to do it. "
That's the thinking of Alissa Quart, author of 'Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers'. She claims that advertising has become so pervasive to teens that teenagers now judge each other on the brands they own rather than their looks or popularity.
"It's not about selling per se," Ms. Quart said in an interview. "It's about the extensive and invasive techniques being used."
I think it's simply because there are so many media outlets through which to reach the teen audience. Marketers will use them all because if they don't, their competition will. It's a viscous circle with no end in sight. [via Ad Age]
Bank of America Makes Hasty Account Move
"I'm disappointed because I'm very confident in the potential and power of our agency and our ability to contribute to Bank of America. We never got the chance. It's a little disappointing to lose to someone you thought you had beat, or at least another part of the same holding company," said Jack Klues, CEO of Starcom MediaVest Group.
So said Jack Klues, CEO of Starcom MediaVest Group after Bank of America moved its $170 million media account to Interpublic Group's Deutsch after just 14 weeks at Publicis Groupe's Starcom MediaVest, IPG confirmed.
What has happened to client/agency loyalty?
War Be Damned...Ad Revene Will Be Up
That's what Viacom and News Corp. told analysts on Wednesday. Both media companies said they expect ad revenue to be up "mid single digits" for 2003. Let's hopr they are right.
Tennis Channel May See Light of Day
"We have not picked an exact date yet," says Bruce Rider, executive vice president of programming and marketing, "but it will be by the end of the first quarter."
Advertising And The War
Medialife today has a good article discussing the likely effect war with Iraq will have on the advertising economy. The general consensus is a dramatic reduction in ad spending at the outset but a quick return. Unless of course the war is long and drawn out.


Do Robot Vacuum Cleaners Work? The Sunday Times Thinks So!
The twenty-first century may have disappointed futurologists in many ways (no jet-packs just yet), but when it comes to robots, we're living in a golden age. The future is here, and robotic cleaners have come to save us from domestic drudgery. But is it too good to be true – do robot vacuum cleaners work? The Sunday Times certainly thinks so!
Sunday Times writer Katrina Burroughs and her furry friend Stanley had a blast with the Pilot Max robot vacuum, putting their feet up while their robotic assistant did its thing. The reviewer was impressed by the thorough going-over that the Pilot Max gave her floors, eliminating dog hair and crumbs to leave an immaculate carpet in its wake. You can see the full review here.
Saves time and effort – you don't need to put in any elbow grease.
Vacuums while you're out – no need to step over your Pilot Max as it goes about its duties. You can schedule your robotic cleaner to vacuum the house at a time when it won't be under your feet.
Cleans hard-to-reach areas – its small size means it'll squeeze under sofas without a problem, and its specially designed side brush will eliminate dust and dirt from difficult corners.
Kind to your skirting boards – its clever ultrasonic sensors stop it from bumping against the walls when vacuuming the edges of the room.
Intelligent – it can zoom in on spillages and get to work on messy areas, restrict itself to just one room if that's what you want, and sense when it's at the edge of an abyss (so it won't take a tumble down the stairs).
Compact – takes up a lot less room in your cleaning cupboard. In fact, it doesn't need take up space in a cupboard at all! (We recommend setting it up on its Dock under a sideboard).
Robot vacuum cleaners are a pretty impressive piece of technology. As well as the superior combination of side brush and dual brush bars that the Pilot Max is equipped with for unrivaled cleaning power, their built-in intelligence gives them an edge over the rest. With sensors to help them understand the layout of a room and navigate around your home, they don't just clean, they clean to your particular specifications.
Do robot vacuum cleaners work better than your traditional model? We certainly think so – and if you still need convincing, see all the features that the Pilot Max boasts.


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CFTC Vote On Cross-Border Swaps Set for Friday
Felix Shipkevich July 8, 2013
After weeks of speculation, it looks like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will conclude a foreign regulatory issue this Friday, July 12th. The vote will regard how domestic regulations on swaps apply to foreign firms wishing to do business with those in the United States. The regulations have become a devisive issue in the […]
Elizabeth Warren Chides Commissioners Slowing Cross-Border Swap Regulations
Felix Shipkevich June 21, 2013
With Gary Gensler's term expired in April, 2013 and a re-appointment being as soon as July, Elizabeth Warren is decrying commissioners for what she sees as stalling regulation. Certain policies that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been working on include a deal with cross-border swaps. One of the policies would require any domestic bank […]
U.S. House Passes Bill To Loosen Federal Grip on FX Derivative Trading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was prepared to supervise all derivatives trading, including FX trading ─however the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took a more hands-off approach by allowing overseas derivative trading to bypass U.S. regulation if the country in which they occur had a regulation system that closely resembles our own.
Japan Launches LNG Futures Contract
Felix Shipkevich April 1, 2013
Japan plans to launch the world's first futures contract for liquefied natural gas, also known as LNG. This marks the country's latest step toward creating a global market for fuel.
SEC's Walter Recommends Maximum Reliance on FX Swaps Rules
Felix Shipkevich March 25, 2013
The SEC's Chairman Elisse Walter urged for a plan that would largely rely on foreign regulation for cross-border trades — ones that would only apply to U.S. rules in cases where no comparable regulations existed.
CFTC Fines $3.5 Million in FX Fraud
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court order for more than $3.5 million in restitution and civil monetary penalties against Nicholas Trimble and his two companies, Capstone FX Quantitative Analysis, Inc., and Beekeepers Fund Capital Management, LLC.
CFTC Obtains Federal Court Order Against Wagner and Wagner for $2m
Felix Shipkevich February 7, 2013
The CFTC obtained a federal court Order against defendants Rodney Wagner and Roger Wagner, and their company GID Group, Inc.
CFTC Obtains Enforcement Action Against Florida Firm for $11.4m FX Fraud
The CFTC announced an order from Judge Charlene Honeywell for Trader's International Return Network (TIRN) to pay $11.4 Million for FX Fraud.
CFTC, Foreign Regulators Issue Joint Statement on OTC Derivatives
Felix Shipkevich December 4, 2012
The CFTC issued a joint statement with foreign regulators today that outlines plans for cross-border rules.
FX Swaps Exempted from Dodd-Frank Regulation by U.S. Treasury
Felix Shipkevich November 19, 2012
Foreign exchange (FX) swaps, the second largest derivatives trading market, is been exempted from Dodd-Frank regulation by the U.S. Treasury.


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The show is presented by Russell Brand and narrated by Matthew Rudge. The premise was that eight comics lived in a Big Brother-style house to try to determine whether old-school comics or the newer generation are best.

The winner (Andrew Maxwell) got the chance to make his own pilot show.

Contestants

New comics
 Janey Godley
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 Andrew Maxwell
 Ava Vidal

Old comics
 Stan Boardman
 David Copperfield
 Mick Miller
 Scott Capurro

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BIGDATA Collaborative Research: IA, Population Reproduction of Poverty at Birth from Surveys, Censuses, and Birth Registrations.
The potential for upward mobility from one generation to the next is fundamental to the wellbeing of a democratic society, and to that society's long-term economic productivity. Poverty at birth is a condition affecting more than 1 in 4 American children. It is a critical barrier to children's subsequent development and life chances, and therefore to breaking intergenerational cycles of disadvantage. Both mother's and father's characteristics contribute to the chance that a child will be born into poverty. Therefore it is important to incorporate both the mother and father into the scientific modeling of the experience of poverty at birth from one generation to the next. Existing data and methods do not allow for this modeling in representative samples of the U.S. population, especially as it evolves as an increasingly multi-ethnic society. Limited data are collected on the characteristics of every birth in the United States. Limited additional data on all individuals and their households are collected every 10 years in the Census. Larger amounts of data per individual and household are collected every year from random samples that are representative of the U.S. population. These samples include the large-scale American Community Survey and numerous medium- and small-scale sample surveys. This research develops and evaluates statistical estimation and simulation methods to combine data from all these sources to answer questions about intergenerational mobility. The research will answer questions about the degree of persistence of poverty at birth from one generation to the next across different race and ethnic groups, and about the roles of education and family formation in creating upward mobility versus persistence of disadvantage. Open-source, user-friendly software for the statistical methods developed in the project will be made available to researchers. The project also develops graduate students' skills in Big Data methods in statistics and the social sciences.
The project has as its goal the development of a transformative, Big Data approach to exploiting the rich "traditional" data sources to build social-scientific theory in a statistically-rigorous and empirically-comprehensive way. In no single nationally-representative data source is poverty at birth observed for the mother-father-child triad. The triad's poverty statuses at each one's birth are instead linked in a model that simulates four connected processes: (1) educational progress predicted from the birth conditions of household poverty and parents' education, race, ethnicity, and immigrant statuses; (2) couple formation and dissolution; (3) couple fertility and unpartnered women's fertility; and (4) household poverty when their own children are born. The "Big Data" of this project consist of more than 100 million births, combined with census, microcensus, large-scale cross-sectional survey, and medium-scale and smaller-scale longitudinal survey data sources that together include millions of years of exposure to schooling, to partner-matching, and to partnered and (co-residentially) unpartnered births. These multiple sources of data of the study, unlike in many Big Data applications, are all either complete enumerations or probability samples of a well-specified population. The project develops combined-survey and combined population-and-survey estimation methods to estimate with enhanced precision the individual behavioral parameters of the process, and develops a simulation-modeling approach to generating inference about causal associations that emerge from the four connected processes, integrating the multiple sources of uncertainty about each component process. Results and methodological advances will be disseminated to the scholarly community through presentations and peer-reviewed journal articles. Additional, broader dissemination will occur through project investigator contact with the news media and other forums for engagement with the broader policy community about the project results and their significance.


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Q: How to edit Interactive Grid (with complex sql query) in oracle apex 18? I'm trying to make interactive grid page in Oracle Apex 18.
I have three databases in my oracle workspace.
first is a category,
second is content,
third is a mapping table between category and content
(category can have multiple contents, so does content)
category table just like this:
| CATEGORY_ID | CATEGORY_NAME |

|  01         |  Comedy       |

|  02         |  Horror       |

|  03         |  Romance      |

content table just like this:
| CONTENT_ID | CONTENT_NAME  |

|    A       | little prince |

|    B       | rabbit        |

|    C       | blahblah      |

and mapping table like this:
| MAPPING_ID | CATEGORY_ID | CONTENT_ID | PRIORITY |

|   aa       |    01       |   A        |    2     |

|   bb       |    02       |   A        |    1     |

|   cc       |    01       |   B        |    5     |

|   dd       |    03       |   B        |    2     |

|   ee       |    02       |   C        |    3     |

|   ff       |    03       |   C        |    4     |

priority is used when ordering group by CATEGORY
and I want to make Interactive grid like this.
select

  MAPPING_ID,

  PRIORITY,

  CATEGORY_ID,

  CONTENT_ID,

  (select CONTENT_NAME from CONTENT where CONTENT_ID=CONTENT_ID) as content name,

  (select CATEGORY_NAME from CATEGORY where CATEGORY_ID=CATEGORY_ID) as category name

from MAPPING_TABLE;

I want to edit only priority row in that interactive grid,
and also update MAPPING_TABLE element(just for priority).
(to be actually accepted result in the real table)
but when I edit priority value in the interactive grid and click the save button,
I got the message like:
Ajax call returned server error ORA-20987: APEX - Process ' Save Interactive Grid Data' raised 'ORA-02014: can not use FOR UPDATE statement' while performing row locking. This error can occur when the process issues a SELECT FOR UPDATE on a complex view with an instead-of trigger, to lock the row. Set the process attribute 'Lock Row' to No or PL/SQL Code. - Contact your application administrator. for .

How can I fix it?
And in advance, thank you :)

A: Hello Miroslav Glamuzina,
Set the relationship columns (foreign keys) as query only.
You can only edit the columns of main table in interactive grids


We are a congregation of The United Methodist Church located in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The history of Zion United Methodist Church is an interesting one. We began life as the Grand Forks Evangelical Class (congregation), became Zion Evangelical United Brethren in 1946, and in 1968 became Zion United Methodist Church when the Evangelical United Brethren and the Methodist Churches merged on April 23, 1968, in Dallas, Texas.
The Evangelical and United Brethren in Christ were formed to minister to the German-speaking Americans who were not being reached effectively by any denomination. As the people with German backgrounds moved to the west, these two groups followed. The United Brethren tended to go to the Southwest and the Evangelicals to the Northwest. Thus the work in North Dakota was almost solely that of the Evangelicals. The Evangelical Church ministered to the scattered German population in the rural areas and neglected the cities.
Grand Forks was a mission church as part of the Holmes Circuit for many years served by circuit pastors from 1882-1886. The first of thirty pastors of Zion was Rev. William Fritz with services being held in rented store buildings.
In 1897, a church building was purchased for $2800 from the Congregational Church on the site of today's Grand Forks City Mission. In 1927 .the church purchased another church building, First Lutheran Church – at the corner of Fourth Street and Belmont (where an apartment house now stands).
In 1958, a city block of land was purchased at 1001 24th Avenue South for $6,000. On June 3, 1962, Ground Breaking Ceremonies were held at the site and on May 5, 1963, the present building was dedicated. Much of the work done on the original church building was with volunteer labor.
In 1996, plans were being made to add a narthex to the church to alleviate crowding in the entry way. While funds were still being raised and before the building could begin, Grand Forks was hit by the flood of 1997, which filled the church basement to the first step.
The connectional system of the United Methodist Church was a blessing for Zion as the basement was gutted and completely rebuilt with help (financial and material gifts, plus physical labor from United Methodists throughout the United States.
Ground breaking for the narthex was held in the spring of 1998, and we were able to dedicate the facility in April 1999.
Thanks to our fall fundraiser of selling pumpkins, Zion has become well known in Grand Forks as the Pumpkin Church; we are also known as the church which hosts the Love Feast in conjunction with other Grand Forks churches each month.
We hope you will join us in worship and join with us in ministry, living out the call of the Gospel in our community and world as the people of Zion!


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Burns and Highland Mary
By William Wye Smith (A Canadian Borderer)
I MADE a specialty, a good many years ago, of the story of Burns and Highland Mary. My sketches were printed in the papers, and in one instance formed the chief part of a neat little volume, edited by some fervid Scotsman. Here is a glance at some of my researches.
In the winter of 1885-6 I stayed all night in the house of old John Brown, a lineal descendant of John Brown the carrier, inhumanly slain by Claverhouse. This was in the township of Caledon, not many miles from the town of Orangevillei, Ontario. Next morning I walked to the farm of the late William Anderson, a nephew of Mary Campbell, Burns's "Highland Mary." Anderson was then deceased; but the farm was occupied by two sons and a daughter.
Mary Campbell had but one sister, Annie. She would be twelve years old when Mary died in 1786. Mary would be twenty or twenty-two. Annie married, on 6th August, 1792, Mr James Anderson, a mascn and builder, she being then eighteen. This William Anderson was one of her sona Annie had two daughters, "Mary" and "Annie." Mary was said hv everybody to lie a "perfect likeness" of Highland Mary. She became a Mrs Robertson. I obtained a daguerreotype of this "Highland Mary the Second," hoping to get a glimpse of the style of feature possessed by her famous aunt and namesake. But she had become a sober middle-aged woman before Hie "sun-pic-tures" came in. So, then, I got a photo of her daughter, who was said to be an exact likeness of what her mother had been.
A son-in-law of Annie Campbell wrote me that Highland Mary was medium size, reddish complexion, blue eyes. Her hair, as we know, was golden, and the Andersons all spoke of her as gentle and retiring in disposition. Indeed, her mother spoke of her as "an angel in the house."
The pocket Bible, in two vols., which Burns gave to Highland Mary as a parting gift, came into the possession of her sister Annie. Some years after she said to her two daughters, "Here, lassies, is ane o' thae Bibles to ilk o' ye; and when ye get marriet ye can sell them for eneuch to buy a chest o' drawers!"
William Anderson, before he started for America, bought the Bibles from his sisters for £5 each. They told their children "it was on the condition that the Bibles should never go out of the Anderson family," and the man who married one of these girls wrote me that, "but for that condition, William Anderson never would have got the Bibles." So he came to America, a young, souple mason-lad, with £200 in his pocket. Like all the young Scotsmen I ever knew who had money with them, he went about from one place to another till his money was gone, and then he settled down. He "took up" a wild lot (100 acres) at the foot of what is called "Caledon Mountain," the place I mentioned at the beginning. He had married a sister of J. C. Becket, the Montreal printer—they had come over in the same ship. And he wrote to Becket, "If he thought, it would be wrong for him to sell the Burns Bibles? for he was reduced to his last half-crown." Becket got Mr Weir and a few other Scots to help him, and made up a hundred dollars and sent it to Anderson and got the Bibles, with the lock of golden hair. They sent them to the Provost of Ayr in March, 1840. Matthew Turnbull, the brother-in-law (from whose house Anderson went out to go to America), told me that he and his wife did not believe in the reality of the Bibles coming to Ayr—thought it was some sham copy—and went "once-errand" to see for themselves. But when they saw them "it was all right." Only, he thought the hair had faded a little since it left his house so many years before
I was pleased to find these relations of Highland Mary and to share the hospitality of the oomfortable log house, from which had gone forth those priceless volumes.
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Ел Каризо има више значења:

 Ел Каризо (Енсенада), насеље у савезној држави Доња Калифорнија у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Текате), насеље у савезној држави Доња Калифорнија у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Тихуана), насеље у савезној држави Доња Калифорнија у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сијера Мохада), насеље у савезној држави Коавила у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Манзаниљо), насеље у савезној држави Колима у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Пуебло Нуево Солиставакан), насеље у савезној држави Чијапас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Батопилас), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Охо дел Каризо (Којаме дел Сотол), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Гвадалупе и Калво), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Игнасио Зарагоза), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Ханос), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Хулимес), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Мадера), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Окампо, Чивава), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сатево), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Темосачик), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Урике), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Уруачи), насеље у савезној држави Чивава у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Канелас), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Дуранго), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Гванасеви), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Мескитал), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Отаез), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Пуебло Нуево), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сан Димас), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Тепеванес), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Топија), насеље у савезној држави Дуранго у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Мануел Добладо), насеље у савезној држави Гванахуато у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Гванахуато), насеље у савезној држави Гванахуато у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Херекуаро), насеље у савезној држави Гванахуато у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Тариморо), насеље у савезној држави Гванахуато у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Викторија), насеље у савезној држави Гванахуато у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Акапулко де Хуарез), насеље у савезној држави Гереро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Авакуозинго), насеље у савезној држави Гереро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Азоју), насеље у савезној држави Гереро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Копала), насеље у савезној држави Гереро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Ранчо де Фаусто Мендоза (Куахиникуилапа), насеље у савезној држави Гереро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Олинала), насеље у савезној држави Гереро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сан Маркос), насеље у савезној држави Гереро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Текоанапа), насеље у савезној држави Гереро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Атенгиљо), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Лос Арадос (Болањос), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Чималтитан), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Енкарнасион де Дијаз), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Гвачинанго), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Остотипакиљо), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Маскота), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Каризо дел Моско (Маскота), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Мазамитла), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Виља Пурификасион), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сан Себастијан дел Оесте), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Тала), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Текалитлан), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Запотланехо), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Артеага), насеље у савезној држави Мичоакан у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Идалго), насеље у савезној држави Мичоакан у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Хунгапео), насеље у савезној држави Мичоакан у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Паракуаро), насеље у савезној држави Мичоакан у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Тепалкатепек), насеље у савезној држави Мичоакан у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Акапонета), насеље у савезној држави Најарит у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Аматлан де Кањас), насеље у савезној држави Најарит у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Уахикори), насеље у савезној држави Најарит у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Истлан дел Рио), насеље у савезној држави Најарит у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Дел Најар), насеље у савезној држави Најарит у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Руиз), насеље у савезној држави Најарит у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сантијаго Искуинтла), насеље у савезној држави Најарит у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Баиа де Бандерас), насеље у савезној држави Најарит у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Лос Рамонес), насеље у савезној држави Нови Леон у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Виљалдама), насеље у савезној држави Нови Леон у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Санта Катарина Хукила), насеље у савезној држави Оахака у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Санта Марија Екатепек), насеље у савезној држави Оахака у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сантијаго Пинотепа Насионал), насеље у савезној држави Оахака у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Парахе Мичивакан (Аватлан), насеље у савезној држави Пуебла у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сан Хуан дел Рио), насеље у савезној држави Керетаро у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Акисмон), насеље у савезној држави Сан Луис Потоси у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сан Мартин Чалчикваутла), насеље у савезној држави Сан Луис Потоси у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Тамасопо), насеље у савезној држави Сан Луис Потоси у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Тамуин), насеље у савезној држави Сан Луис Потоси у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Бадирагвато), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Конкордија), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Ел Карисито (Чоис), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Мазатлан), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Мокорито), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Росарио, Синалоа), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сан Игнасио), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Синалоа), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Бенхамин Иљ), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Кахеме), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Ранчо (Кахеме), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Ермосиљо), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Сан Исидро (Ермосиљо), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Магдалена), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Сотомајор (Магдалена), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Питикито), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Росарио, Сонора), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сан Мигел де Оркаситас), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Ла Касита (Урес), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Јекора), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Касас), насеље у савезној држави Тамаулипас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Круиљас), насеље у савезној држави Тамаулипас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Хаумаве), насеље у савезној држави Тамаулипас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Хименез), насеље у савезној држави Тамаулипас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Матаморос), насеље у савезној држави Тамаулипас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Окампо, Тамаулипас), насеље у савезној држави Тамаулипас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо, Еухенио Рамирез (Окампо), насеље у савезној држави Тамаулипас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Сото ла Марина), насеље у савезној држави Тамаулипас у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Исла), насеље у савезној држави Веракруз у Мексику
 Ел Каризо (Хименез дел Теул), насеље у савезној држави Закатекас у Мексику
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St. Paddy's Day 2010
It promises to be a beautiful day for the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue -- if you don't mind the crowds, you find amusement in the looks-like-that-dude's-going-to-keel-over-any-moment suspense, and you can overlook the politics of exclusion.
I went to the parade once, years ago. It was worth it at the time. I went to a lot of parades that year -- even the Labor Day Parade. I'd never lived anywhere that had so many parades: Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter...
These days, I'm ambivalent about New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade. I like the idea of the tradition; I like the idea of parades in general. But, I'd rather avoid the crowds, don't find drunkenness amusing and have mixed feelings about celebrating with a group commemorating pride, culture and nationalism that would so vehemently exclude fellow nationals based on their sexual orientation. Year after year, the New York City parade organizers continue to disallow LGBT groups from marching along with their fellow Irish. As the chairperson of Dublin Pride said this week, this attitude and practice are "deeply un-Irish."
At the same time, it's the organizers' prerogative to include who they want. I disagree with the decision, and I support the protesters who organize every year; that's my prerogative. Over the weekend, Buffalo, N.Y., hosted the first St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York State to include an LGBT group. Yep, Buffalo. NYC parade organizers, take note.
If you want to celebrate St. Paddy's Day, but wouldn't be caught dead near the parade, other options are available. Check out these resources for things to do and places to go to get your green on:
Time Out New York's Own This City Blog
The Murph Guide
New York Magazine's Go Green Guide
If you want to go the parade (your prerogative), bear in mind that NYPD says it will show no tolerance for public drinking this year. It starts at 11:00 a.m. at Fifth Ave. and 44th St. and continues up the avenue to 86th St. Get information on the route, street closings and the alcohol warning here.
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The Amiable Child Monument: Unexpected Discovery of the Day
On my weekend outings with the dogs, I try to wander, breaking off our well-worn routes in Riverside Park or Central Park in the hopes of coming upon something I've never seen before. Today I was rewarded with the discovery of the Amiable Child Monument on Riverside Drive at 123rd St., just north of General Grant's Tomb.
One of only a few private burial sites on public lands in the city, it's a memorial to St. Claire Pollack, a five-year-old boy who in 1797, at the age of five, fell to his death on the cliffs of the Hudson River. The original monument was erected further down the hill, closer to the river and the actual site of the boy's death. It has been replaced twice due to deterioration; the current monument was erected in 1967 and is surrounded by a wrought-iron gate.
My discovery is hardly rare, as I've uncovered a number of blog posts and Web sites about it this afternoon. Nonetheless, the surprise of coming upon it on such a gorgeous, nearly-spring day, underscores how the city continually reveals itself unexpectedly, provoking you to view your own well-worn routes with new eyes.
More on the Amiable Child Monument
In addition to the Riverside Park Fund's Web page about the monument (linked to above), check out Amiable Child (April 17, 2009), from the War of Yesterday blog, a detailed account of the memorial's history, including current and historic photos.
More on the Neighborhood
For more information on this neighborhood and other sites in the area, read my post Morningside Heights Walking Tour.
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Film Forum launches the Victor Fleming Film Festival tomorrow (Friday, March 5), providing the opportunity to see Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz, among other classics, on the big screen -- or at least, as big as it gets at Film Forum.
The two-week fest (March 5-18) kicks off with a double-feature of Red Dust and Bombshell, both starring Jean Harlow (Friday-Saturday). The The Wizard of Oz screens in a double with Captains Corageous March 7-8. GWTW is scheduled for four days, March 13-16; for a separate admission, you can make that a double-feature with The Wizard of Oz on the 13th and 14th. In all, the festival features 22 of the director's films starring the likes of Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Henry Fonda, and the list goes on. Check out the full schedule here.
I love these retro film fests at Film Forum. When I first moved to New York, in the early 80s, you could catch retro films at half a dozen or more indie theaters. You could camp out in the mezzanine seats, and smoke and drink, settle in, immerse yourself in four hours of consciously curated double bills. Sadly, most of those theaters are gone now; the few that survive have largely been reincarnated in another form.
The Metro, 100th & Broadway
Now empty and forlorn, but not demolished, the Metro of the 80s showed a mix of second-run and retro films. My friend Louis and I went to a devastating double-feature of Shoot the Moon and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Afterward we walked south on Broadway, and I vowed never to marry; just then, we saw Mariel Hemingway eating at a table-side window in a Chinese restaurant. Both of us being a little star-struck in those days, plus fans of Manhattan, the sighting saved us from a big, fat post-mortem pity-fest.
Theatre 80 St. Marks, 80 St. Marks Place
Rumors of a complete shutdown of this Jazz Age space surfaced last spring and, happily, proved wrong. The Otway family, which has owned it since 1965, recently re-opened it as a digital projection movie theater after leasing it to the Pearl Theatre Company for 15 years. Prior to that, Theatre 80 had booked great double-bills of classic films, rear-projected in 16mm. This was where I learned the pleasures of going to the movies alone, when I ventured out solo one cold Saturday for a double feature of Mildred Pierce and Double Indeminity.
St. Marks Cinema, 133 Second Ave.
A great place for a contact high, the St. Marks dated back to around 1914 (or earlier?), when it was the Astor Theatre. It was an East Village mainstay in the 80s, with great late-night, double-feature picture shows. Over the New Year's holiday in 1985, my friend Steve and I loaded up on midnight snacks for a double of Diva and Stop Making Sense, during which we both enjoyed and, no doubt contributed to, the second-hand schmoke. Not long after, that grand old theater was replaced by a Gap store, which presaged the ongoing ruin of St. Mark's Place. Today it's a luxury condo building.
Other retro houses of note included:
Cinema Village (22 East 12th St.), which survives with the proud distinction of being the oldest continuously operated theaters in the Village and one of the oldest in the city. It was built in 1963 and, for about 30 years, featured double bills of classic and cult films. It was one of my favorites, partly for the smoking-allowed balcony seats, partly for its convenient location across the street from my office in the old Fairchild Publications building; you'd get a burger and a pint around the corner at the Cedar Tavern (yes, also gone), catch a double feature, then return to the Cedar to discuss. Balcony and location aside, it's line-up made it a standout. In the early 90s Cinema Village avoided the fate of its brethren by switching from a repertory format to a focus on contemporary indies, and it remains a standout.
The original Thalia (95th & Broadway), a classic retro theater that felt a bit like a basement screening room -- you had to get there early so you didn't end up in one of the aisle seats behind the gigantic columns. It closed in 1987, then reopened as the Leonard Nimoy Thalia within the performing arts center Symphony Space; it showcases independent films.
Bleecker Street Cinema (144 Bleecker St.), a Village landmark for cinephiles that fell prey to high rent and neighborhood politics in 1990.
The 8th Street Playhouse (52 West 8th St.), best remembered for making Rocky Horror Picture Show a midnight-movie cult classic. It also curated classic and cult fests before closing down in the early 90s.
The non-profit Film Forum has successfully navigated the ever-changing terrain, the ever-shifting priorities of New York development, and celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The present Houston Street location is its fourth since it opened in 1970. My first visit to Film Forum was at the third incarnation, on Watts Street. I don't remember what movie I saw, but I do recall drinking coffee with my friends in the old, chrome, streetcar-style Moondance Diner afterward; the evening fulfilled my 20-something-Southern-girl expectations of a classic New York night, lifted from Woody Allen movies, and fermented my enthusiasm for making the city my home.
The Film Forum's film fests evoke that New York for me and that, as much as the movies themselves, may be why I'm drawn to Houston and Varick to sit in the dark for four hours and watch films I could see on DVD or Turner Classic Movies. It's mac-and-cheese, two eggs with bacon on a toasted roll, chicken pot pie... comfort food as satiating as any the Moondance served.
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